Luckily researchers now believe there's a way to stop hurricanes. Pumping billions of tons of a dense gas into the atmosphere could create a "sunglasses effect," which they say would absorb some sunlight and cool down warm ocean water, the engines of hurricanes — but with a huge sacrifice.

Can Cyclones be prevented?

Construction of storm shelters. Construction of cyclone shelters in the cyclone prone areas, and Administrative arrangements for moving people fast to safer places. Connecting roads for evacuating people to safer areas.

What causes cyclones to stop?

They lose their source of energy when they move over land or colder oceans causing them to dissipate. Weakening may also occur if the cyclone moves into an unfavourable wind regime which disrupts the structure of the system.